By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a fake identify card for security personnel on election duty. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja. He said: “INEC’s attention had been...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday visited the palace of Emir of Daura, Dr Umar Faruk Umar, to express his deep condolences and that of the nation, following death of Hajiya Talatu, the Emir’s oldest daughter. During the visit, according to a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has directed security agencies to arrest any resident who violates movement restriction during Saturday’s House of Assembly election in the state. This is contained in a statement by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson to the governor on Friday in...
Dr Ken Oziomaeze, the Ebonyi governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) says he is optimistic of winning the March 18 election, in spite of propaganda by his detractors. Oziomaeze said this on Thursday in Abakaliki when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in reaction...
The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed Mr Herman Hembe as the lawful governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Benue for the Saturday Governorship election. Justice Heleen Ogunwumiju in a unanimous judgment of the court dismissed the disqualification request filed by Mr Benjamin Lorlumum on the grounds that...
Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC Sokoto) says All Progressives Congress (APC) will continue to drive on popular people’s confidence to achieve maximum success during elections in Sokoto State. Wamakko, a former Governor of Sokoto State and APC leader stated this in his address to APC supporters on Thursday in Sokoto....
Mr. Sunday Olajide, member representing Akure South Constituency II at the Ondo state House of Assembly, has urged Lagos residents to vote for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Olajide, in a statement on Wednesday in Akure, pleaded with various groups and interest...
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the 2023 population and housing census earlier scheduled for March 29 has been shifted to May 2023. Mohammed confirmed this when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, (aka Jandor) has unveiled his wife, Mariam Adediran, to members of the PDP family in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there have been some political propaganda about the family of the 45-year-old frontline contender...
The Kano State Police Command says about 18,748 security personnel have been deployed across the state for the conduct of March 18 Governorship and House of Assembly elections. The Commissioner for Police, Mr Mamman Dauda, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday...
The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) Renewal Group has advised opposition parties agitating against the declaration of Sen. Bola Tinubu as president-elect to perish the thought of upturning his victory. In a statement issued on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti, the group described Tinubu’s emergence as president-elect as the best that had...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National body of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has dissolved its Rivers State chapter over an alleged “gross misconduct and flagrant violation of the provisions of the council’s 2021 Revised Code of Conduct”. IPAC National Secretary, Mallam Yusuf Dantalle, disclosed this in a...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State has dismissed insinuations that its governorship candidate, Sen Yakubu Lado-Danmarke, has withdrawn from the race. Alhaji Kabir Yusuf-Yar’adu, the Chairman of the PDP campaign media committee, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Katsina. “The attention of the PDP Campaign...
An Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC), has restated its support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Enugu State, Mr Peter Mbah. The National President of the OYC, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, said Mbah was the most competent among all the candidates standing for...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Plateau State Police Command has arrested Insp. Solomon Damak, who allegedly shot one Nyommena Salah, a resident of Tudun Wada community in Jos over an argument on election. The police spokesman, DSP Alfred Alabo, who confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force has debunked reports of arrest of some individuals over manipulation of the Bi-Modal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines in Maitama area of Abuja. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the clarification in a statement on Wednesday in...
Alhaji Saba Adamu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Feb. 25 election in Edu/Moro/Patigi Federal Constituency of Kwara, will be arraigned on Feb. 14 for alleged certificate forgery. Justice Angela Otaluka of Court 12, High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), fixed the date following a...
Incumbent Gianni Infantino is set for a third term as president of football’s world governing body FIFA. The organisation said on Thursday that Infantino was the only candidate for next year’s election. The vote takes place on March 16 in the Rwandan capital city Kigali. The 52-year-old Swiss has...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has requested the sum of N50 billion for its 2023 budget, an increment of N10 billion compared to its 2022 budget which was N40 billion. This was contained in a document submitted by INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yukubu during the commission’s budget defense session...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex socio-cultural organisation of the Igbo people, has denied media reports that Mr Livinus Obasi has been elected its new National Youth Leader. The National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Mr Alex Ogbonnia, made the denial in an interaction with newsmen in Owerri, on Monday....